Leptogorgia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Malacalcyonacea
- Family
- Gorgoniidae
- Genus
- Leptogorgia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Leptogorgia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Leptogorgia
Leptogorgia is a genus of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. The genus has a widespread distribution with members being found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Western Europe to South Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic coasts of North and South America, the Antilles and the Pacific coast of America. Species are found in both shallow and deep waters.
Leptogorgia is a slow growing sea whip and are easily damaged. They are easily damaged by storms and fishing agriculture.
An as yet unnamed species of Leptogorgia was discovered off the coast of Sonoma County, California in November 2014, near the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Leptogorgia alba
- Leptogorgia ampla
- Leptogorgia barnardi
- Leptogorgia capensis
- Leptogorgia capverdensis
- Leptogorgia chilensis
- Leptogorgia cofrini
- Leptogorgia cuspidata
- Leptogorgia densa
- Leptogorgia diffusa
- Leptogorgia exigua
- Leptogorgia gaini
- Leptogorgia gilchristi
- Leptogorgia hebes
- Leptogorgia lutkeni
- Leptogorgia palma
- Leptogorgia peruviana
- Leptogorgia pumila
- Leptogorgia pusilla
- Leptogorgia rigida
- Leptogorgia ruberrima
- Leptogorgia sarmentosa
- Leptogorgia setacea
- Leptogorgia tenuissima
- Leptogorgia viminalis
- Leptogorgia virgulata






























































































































































